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Quantification of phytosanitary barriers to trade
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1998-09)
The Sanitary Phytosanitary Code (SPS) is an effort to reduce the technical barriers to trade created by phytosanitary regulations, or trade barriers related to plant and animal health. A key feature of SPS is risk assessment ...
Audit hierarchy in a corrupt administration
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1998-08)
The present work addresses both issues in the context of income tax evasion. About the first it proves a rather strong result, namely that if rewards are related to the evasion detected by an auditor, then (i) no level of ...
Agri-environmental policy and market developments in the European Union and their potential impact on New Zealand trade
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division, 1998-08)
The developments in the European Union and its environmental policy have important
implications for New Zealand. While the importance of the European Union as a market for New Zealand produce has diminished, it is still ...
Price formation with spatial and temporal uncertainty : an analysis of the role of the CBD
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1998-09)
Some enduring location choices challenge the conventional models of competitive location allocation. One such is the persistence of market gardens around large urban centres that use locations that are highly valued because ...
Boards of directors : the influence of board size, leadership and composition on corporate financial performance
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1998-02)
Boards of directors are believed to influence corporate performance. Such influence may be direct, e.g., through boards monitoring management, or indirect; through the actions of a Chief Executive Officer selected by the ...
Long run overreaction on the New Zealand Stock Exchange
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1998-03)
The purpose of this paper is to determine whether New Zealand capital markets are efficient. To do this we investigate two competing models of investor decision making in the context of the New Zealand Stock Exchange. The ...
Motivations and aspirations of self-employed Maori in New Zealand
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1998-07)
Attempts by the government of New Zealand to redress past inequities to Maori will
inevitably play an important part in future economic development for Maori. While some
attention has been given to economic development for ...
Analysis of oil and gas exploration and discovery in New Zealand - a basis for supply forecasting
(Ministry of Economic Development, 1998-04)
The long term sustainability of oil and natural gas supply in New Zealand will depend upon several factors, in
particular the size and location of commercially exploitable resources, and the success of industry in ...
Financial budget manual 1998
(Lincoln University. Applied Management and Computing Division. Farm Management Group., 1998)
The "Financial Budget Manual 1998" is an invaluable reference book for farmers and growers, consultants and students. It contains a wealth of up to date information on farm and orchard costs and prices, the profitability ...
A simple approach to valuing the delivery options implicit in the US treasury bond futures contract
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1998-11)
The T-Bond futures contract has traded on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for approximately 20 years, and is now the most actively traded derivative product in the world. A voluminous amount of research has accordingly ...